Comments on: I’m No Chicken

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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:01:26 +0000

[...] but it’s kinda weird to have settled right back down here at The Desert Rose while René is doing her time at Amazon. We are nowhere warm yet, so I wouldn’t say we quite qualify for true snowbird status yet. [...]

By: AKC

AKC — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:28:41 +0000

Sorry to hear this Rene, that really sucks. I’ve heard that NV just sucks period for the average working stiff. Its one of the Right To Work states.

Buy on eBay from some Mom and Pop trying to make a living.

By: Rene

Rene — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:56:08 +0000

I’ve heard the same thing from my neighbor who works nights, the night shift is very different. My other neighbors here, a couple who works the same shift I do, shares my sentiments about the day shift. The three of us have even been “written up” for not meeting quotas or being up to par.

There’s something about the night shift that I guess attracts a different crowd. Maybe they have to be nicer to keep people there during those hours?

By: Hitekhomeless (jenn)

Hitekhomeless (jenn) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:24:45 +0000

It almost seems like you work for a different company than we do. The night shift people are great. Everyone is smiling and helpful. My trainers, while not the best at training, are very nice and act like they care about your progress.

Not saying its all fun and games. The work, when its there, keeps you moving. If we have lots of orders, I am usually red faced and sweating trying to get it all done. But, the good thing about that is that flies. I can’t believe that time had moved that quickly when I am in a “zone” and they say its break time.

Also, you know what think about them sending people home…. not nice.

I hope you guys had a nice weekend in the desert. Maybe we can go bowling or something soon. Or shooting. Or?

By: el jefe

el jefe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:55:55 +0000

live better- work union ! as a retired i.a.m&aw member i say as capital has globalized,so must labor !

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:57:40 +0000

I’m sorry about what happened to James. Dog how I hate Big Box!

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:56:21 +0000

Bobbie, I have heard good things about the Express people. It seems like with Reno being the main labor pool, the agency here just has so many people to choose from, so they don’t have to be nice if they don’t want to.

You’re right, the work IS hard. But if the people running the show are nice and respectful, it can make the job a whole lot more enjoyable. It was like that for Jim and I when we worked at Vickers Ranch in CO for the last 2 summers. Yeah, the housekeeping sucked, but I worked with great people who made the time go by fast and the job not so icky. Here in Fernley, a smile is a rare thing in the warehouse, nobody seems to like working there, they’re just there because they need the money.

Thanks so much for reading!

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:53:16 +0000

It makes me so sad to think that unions can’t break into this world of temps and outsourcing manufacturing labor. It ’s so badly needed in places like this. For example, there are NO chairs in the warehouse. Nobody sits, ever. You wanna sit, go sit on your break in the breakroom. You have 15 minutes for a break, but it’s a 6 minute round trip, so hurry up and relax!

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:51:05 +0000

It does bear a striking similarity in the way that it’s all about production quotas, temps, and outsourcing.

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:50:27 +0000

If only they would let me take a webcam into the warehouse….